The story goes on under the ad Jones had blamed unknown health problems for his failure to show up, saying doctors had ordered him not to work or sit for questioning. However, as they made this case, he was busy making a four-hour broadcast of “The Alex Jones Show” in his studio in Austin. Family lawyers wanted him arrested. The refusal of Jones’s offer by Sandy Hook’s relatives lays the groundwork for the parties to meet at the trial. A jury will decide how much Jones will pay for his false allegations that the Newtown shooting, which killed 20 elementary school students and six adults, was “a huge hoax.” The defamation case has already been ruled in favor of the families. In one of a series of legal defeats for Jones for his lies in Sandy Hook, Supreme Court Justice Barbara Bellis ruled in November that Jones was liable by default after he and his companies refused to provide documents as required by the court. The story goes on under the ad In a statement posted on his website prior to Wednesday’s hearing, Jones said he had a “genuine and long-standing” desire to resolve the lawsuit, noting that the Sandy Hook shooting was “almost a decade behind us.” He described the family’s lawyers as “ambulance hunters” and suggested that they aim to destroy the “Infowars”. “We are not going to be fired by ambitious lawyers or those who hate dissent,” he said. The families behind the lawsuit, including relatives of four children and two educators killed in the shooting, as well as a first responder who was at the scene, have been waging legal action against Jones for years. They claim in court records that he took advantage of the “outrageous, malicious and deeply damaging lies” he knew to be untrue, suggesting that the shooting was a “false flag” operation perpetuated by “crisis agents”. The story goes on under the ad His baseless theories, they say, have implications for real life. “As a result of the Jones campaign, families and survivors of the Sandy Hook shooting have been subjected to malicious and brutal abuse at the hands of unscrupulous and unscrupulous people,” the 2018 complaint said. they have faced physical confrontation and harassment. “ Jones recalled his comments to Sandy Hook in a 2019 deposition, accusing them of “a form of psychosis”. The settlement offer, which extended Tuesday, gave some vague words of remorse: “Mr. Jones sincerely apologizes for any inconvenience caused by his comments.” The story goes on under the ad But their families and lawyers were not appeased. Attorney Christopher Mattei criticized Jones’s absence from last week’s scheduled deposition as “a cowardly show aimed at deceiving plaintiffs into their right to be sworn in and questioned,” Connecticut Public Radio reported. Seeking Jones’ arrest, the family’s lawyers said “his blackout strategy and delay tactics are now very familiar.” Jones responded with an “Infowars” post entitled “Sandy Hook Mafia Demands Arrest of Alex Jones: The Legendary Presenter of Talk Show Responds.” In it, he claimed that “he was treated worse than someone in death”. His lawyers said in court records that he had willingly sat down to testify in other Sandy Hook cases and simply “listen to his doctors”. Belis, however, ruled that he “deliberately and in bad faith violated without justification many clear court orders requiring him to participate in his depositions,” Reuters reported. If he completes the filing by April 15, he said, he can overturn the contempt decision, although he will face fines for every day he refuses.
